A study in The American Journal of Gastroenterology showed the number of Canadian children under age 5 diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease increased 7.2% yearly from 1999 to 2010. Researchers said new IBD diagnosis rates for children under age 16 were stable in most provinces, at about 2% annually, but overall, the number of children with IBD has increased by about 60%.

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